Introduction and an interesting occurance with a 116fhss

[ChadH]

Hi everyone! I'd like to introduce myself. I have been lurking for awhile and am very impressed with the amount of information you all so freely share here. I have recently moved from Missouri to Western WA, and am kind of in the process of reevaluating the guns I have in the safe. Well... the wife says there are to many but I personally see a few slots yet to be filled. ;D Anyway, I was checking the scope zero on my .270 116 FHSS once we got settled in here and had a case split on me. It was factory Federal premium 150 grain Sierra GK. Here is a picture of the split case:


This is a shot of the primer:


When the case split the brass was stuck in the chamber, the extractor was moved off the bearing it sits on and wouldn't grab the shell. I was able to disassemble and fix it. I absolutely love the way this gun shoots. This is a three shot group at 100:


It shoots those groups all day long.... if you let the barrel cool between groups.

Anyway, out of curiosity, has anyone else had this happen with Federal ammo? SHould I be concerned? I called Federal, they wanted all the ammo I had of that lot and the split brass, and replaced it with two new boxes. I was satisfied with their customer service, but still... it would be nice to know this was a freak thing.

Chad

[wch]

Anomalies occur.

[GaCop]

Federal brass is known to be a bit too soft.

[dcloco]

Don't shoot any more ammo from that box. Call the manufacturer and advise what is going on. Bet they want to see this lot back.

[fgw_in_fla]

I had 2 - Fed / Premium (Vital Shok) .270 / 150gr. Nosler bullets blow the primers out & trash my bolt & ejector. When I emailed the company, they wanted the remaining ammo, bad cases, bill for bolt repair, etc...
I said, there is none left, I have the cases & I fixed the bolt. All I want is replacement & perhaps a little for my inconvenience.
This happened approx. 2 months ago. I got their contact info from their website. Make sure you go to the Federal Pemium site. The regular Federal site didn't respond to my email.

They sent me 2 boxes of Fed Premium / Nosler & even paid the freight. (I absolutly love free stuff)

I've had trouble with reusing Federal brass so a little caution is the rule in my ammo room.

Good luck...
Frank